5 Rules Golfers Always Breaks. The rules of golf can be complex and difficult to interpret at times and there are some that ...

Innocuously helping out another golfer or breaking a Rule of Golf? Backstopping is a much debated topic among tour pros. Here ...

If you ever get the privilege of playing at Sunningdale Golf Club outside of London, one thing you'll notice is that there are water bowls for dogs all over the property. The message is that like many ...

Change has been afoot at the PGA Tour: new investment; new leadership; new schedule and field sizes. Next up: new rules. Six of them, effective immediately. On Tuesday, the Tour shared with its ...

You probably know the Rules of Golf allows you to remove loose impediments near your ball or even on your line of play (Rule 15.1). You can do it pretty much any way you want provided that doing so ...

As much as the USGA and R&A have done to simplify the Rules of Golf, there never seems to be a shortage of gaffes occurring on the professional tours and at major amateur events. In 2025, there seemed ...

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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Not so fast. Less than 24 hours after Denny McCarthy was penalized two shots at the Waste Management Phoenix Open for violating one of the new Rules of Golf involving caddie ...

Players sound off on the proposed changes to the Rules of Golf in this week’s edition of Top Quotes of the Week. “Lots of thought & hard work by @USGA and @RandA to modernize our rules. Great work to ...

With hundreds of events and many thousands of rounds played across golf’s pro tours every year, rules violations abound. While the most common penalties rarely cause a stir, every season sees other ...